Publications

CLC Response to Amendments to our Refugee Determination System

Posted: Tuesday, 17 August 2010

The government has amended the refugee determination system. The CLC has concerns with aspects of these amendments. The CLC regards that the government's safe country of origin amendments to Bill C-11, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, as being f… Read More

CLC Calls on Prime Minister to extend Employment Insurance Special Measures

Posted: Tuesday, 10 August 2010

CLC President Ken Georgetti has called on Prime Minister Harper (in a letter below) to recognize that a continuing jobs crisis demands maintaining special measures taken in the 2009 Budget which are about to expire. Provisions to give an extra five weeks o… Read More

Letters to Stephen Harper and Dalton McGuinty re: police response to the G20 Summit in Toronto

Posted: Wednesday, 7 July 2010

The Canadian Labour Congress writes to Stephen Harper and Dalton McGuinty demanding an independent public inquiry with the federal government into police response to events that took place in Toronto in the lead up to and during the G20 Summit in Toronto. … Read More

Annual Survey of violations of trade union rights

Posted: Wednesday, 16 June 2010

Canada is under the International spotlight again for violating worker and trade union rights. This year’s 2010 annual survey by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) accuses a number of Canadian provinces of imposing restrictions on workers … Read More

Federation of Canadian Municipalities Emergency Resolution May 2010, Expansion of Canada's Public Pension System

Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010

WHEREAS The Canadian economic downturn is putting the retirement security of many workers at risk; and WHEREAS Canadian cities are directly impacted as they are key front line providers of social services and support programs for older workers and retirees… Read More

Backgrounder - Labour’s unique perspective on Harper’s Maternal and Child Health Initiative

Posted: Monday, 14 June 2010

Earlier this year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that Canada would “champion a major initiative to improve the health of women and children in the world’s poorest regions.” Two days later, Harper reiterated his intention at the World Economi… Read More

Women write to Jack Layton: Take a stand on Bill C-391

Posted: Thursday, 10 June 2010

On June 8, we sent a letter signed by hundreds of progressive Canadian women to NDP leader Jack Layton, calling on him to save Canada's gun registry and make sure Bill C-391 is defeated. Dear Mr. Layton: We are writing to urge you in the strongest possibl… Read More

A Decent Work Agenda & the ILO Global Jobs Pact: A people's road map for tomorrow's economy

Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010

Since the financial crisis erupted in late 2008, the G20* governments have met three times. The Washington Summit on Financial Markets & the Global Economy met in November 2008 to adopt an Action Plan to implement principles of reform. At the London Sum… Read More

The “Great Recession”: from a financial crisis, to a jobs crisis to a new labour market model

Posted: Friday, 4 June 2010

Introduction On September 15, 2008, the collapse of an American investment bank triggered a paralysis in the global financial system that turned into a global economic and jobs crisis. Once the financial crisis on Wall Street hit Main Street, the crisis… Read More

G8 & G20 Fact Sheets: The Great Recession & The ILO Global Jobs Pact

Posted: Tuesday, 1 June 2010

The Great Recession” From a financial crisis, to a jobs crisis to a new labour market model On September 15, 2008, the collapse of an American investment bank triggered a paralysis in the global financial system that turned into a global economic and… Read More